RemmyZero Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I had seen some threads about this but I figured it was best to start my own. My voyager (non-GT) 16GB flashdrive was working fine while I was at work and then at the end of the day I put it in my computer to put another file on it and it came up as "unrecognized" and "may require format". I tried it on my home computer also with no luck, although it shows as a "voyager" in the 'my computer' list. I was able to recover most of the files using a 3rd party recovery program (extracting from the raw volume and not the logical volume), but i'm wondering if I should just go ahead and format the drive now or if it needs to be replaced? Any help is appreciated. Rob D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 If you can format it, go for it. It's a good sign that software could access it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RemmyZero Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 true, that is a good sign. i'll format it and see what happens. i guess the concern is whether it happens again since it's a great inconvenience and i use it to store all my work files. maybe i'll just chuck it. we'll see i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 3, 2009 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 3, 2009 Please try and format the drive with the Format utility from the SD-CARD Organization. But if fails or that happens again we can try and replace the drive if you like, please use the On Line RMA Request Form and we will be happy to replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RemmyZero Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Hi Ram Guy, sorry for the delay. I was able to format the drive successfully just through windows, and it appears to be working now. Although today I noticed that when I bumped it a little while putting a flashdrive in an adjacent USB port, it re-initialized...not sure if that's indicative of bad internal connections... regardless, is there any type of predictive tool I can use or some kind of regular maintenance I should be doing to the drive to ensure this doesn't happen again? 16GB of work data is alot to recover, lol. Thanks! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 12, 2009 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 12, 2009 We can try and replace the drive if you feel it may happen again, but they should be fairly durable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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